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Been engaged only 3 weeks and...

Mrs Z To Be Posted:

Been engaged only 3 weeks and...

Already stressing about $$$. Not sure if we can swing it. Anyone else feeling like this?

JC297 Posted:

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all day everday

FutureMrsF2010 Posted:

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Of course!! Its very hard to save for something like this.

JoanneAndJustin Posted:

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The DAY after I got engaged my FH left for FL to visit his mom and brother. I must have called him no less than 4X a day with 'Are you KIDDING ME? How are we going to AFFORD this? BTW, I love you'. I probably ruined his vacation with my excessive freaking out.


I feel your pain, but everything will work out...There's a long time to plan... Just set a budget, work from there.. I found once I booked my RH things started falling into place, and I could work the rest of my budget around that knowing that was the biggest piece. The best part about a 2010 wedding? My RH payments are so far apart.
T E R I Posted:

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Absolutely!!!!!

every single day i wonder how are we affording this and how are we going to afford a house ontop of planning this wedding and paying for everything and then fh keeps asking the same, but some way we have the wedding under control now its the house
Ray8183 Posted:

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I do understand. Since the market is down to buy a house, we push our wedding back from Nov 2008 to Nov 2010. It's hard and many employments aren't giving bonus or raises, so we are trying to think what is best for us.

Rosa29 Posted:

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I understand....we are on such a tight budget...the thing that's keeps me going is both FH and I have wonderful secure jobs and I know money will never be an issue. Together we can afford this wedding. My dad has been great and will help as much as he can....but it is still very difficult. I just tell myself this is only a once in a lifetime thing. My mother passed away 7 years ago and I know that she would want me to have this huge wedding...and I do. So knowing that...I keep telling my dad... Mommy would have let me do/buy it lol!

stinenandy2010 Posted:

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Fh & I have some responisbilities for paying for the wedding like flowers, photographer, honeymoon and limos and we freak out all the time. I think I would be even worse if I was paying for the whole thing. I give you ladies a lot of credit.

JenBill61210 Posted:

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yes all the time, i wonder how we are going to pay for our wedding as well as a house! hopefully the housing market is still a 'buyers market' when i'm ready to buy..

CloudNine Posted:

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allllllllll the time....when i have down time at work i always find myself figuring out how much we can save a week, month , year and what not

Goldie39 Posted:

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definately. sometimes when i look at the guest list, i just feel like eloping. the hardest part is figuring out the things that means the most to YOU. there will be so many great ideas but i have to constantly ask myself, 'ok i know this is beautiful, but do i need it for MY wedding.' But we're all here for each other and I can't wait to the day when I see us posting our reviews one by one!
CristinanBen2010 Posted:

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Yes!! Every day Im worried about money, FH comes home from work and says today with the money I made we can pay for ___ plates lol

eternitybride Posted:

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... people dont stress about money? I am panicking almost every day with 'how will we afford the deposits, are we sure we can afford a wedding, are we sure we want to go through with the big wedding or just take a cruise'

Alyssa79 Posted:

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constantly..with everything too! Ahhh the good ole economy :D

Christine N Ralph Posted:

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About 3 days after we got engaged I was in a pizzeria with my friend...just thinking about the budget and I started to cry! But since then I have a pretty good idea of what we are able to afford and each month money gets put away to save for the wedding. Its not easy- but with the budget we will be ok...Now the house is another story....

christine2010 Posted:

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i have no idea how to pay for a wedding. i have not even began to look at places yet. we just look at places in a book & say 'that would be nice' or 'my daughter can get married there'. lol. i dunno what to do. i just took out a $5,000 loan from my parents to finish paying off my credit cards. so i am working two jobs to do that and am not saving any money for a wedding. to make things worse FH is no help. every time we try to look at places (in a magazine of course), his answer is i paid more for your e-ring. little does he realize that does not include the church, the band, the limos, and the 100 of other things. the only thing he wants to pay for is the honeymoon. his mom is only willing to pay for the florist & the rehearsal dinner. so i think i am going to live in a card board box after my wedding.

JoanneAndJustin Posted:

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We've got the wedding down OK, it's the condo/house we need AFTER the wedding that's going to be interesting... we might have to join you in that cardboard box, better make it a duplex
jesca Posted:

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Posted by windyBride33

We've got the wedding down OK, it's the condo/house we need AFTER the wedding that's going to be interesting... we might have to join you in that cardboard box, better make it a duplex



we're in the same boat. wedding, we've got under control, a house afterwards? not so much, lol, lets hope we get really good wedding gifts, lol
Alyssa79 Posted:

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am i the only one who has NOT worked out a budget? I feel if i put it on the back burner it'll just miracuously (sp?) fix it itself or something.

i did receive a nice amount of $$ that will help us out a little bit but i have to pay credit card debt off 1st and that's where thats going so basically i'll just be paying myself back. either way when i asked FH if he was saving anything he said no and he can't right now. ***?? ughhh i could just scream sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!
SummerBride10 Posted:

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Every single day!! At least we have 2 years to save- and that still doesnt seem like enough time

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